Phaleria bimaculata is a species of darkling beetles belonging to the family Tenebrionidae.Biolib
Subspecies Phaleria bimaculata adriatica Rey, 1891 Phaleria bimaculata bimaculata (Linnaeus, 1767) Phaleria bimaculata pontica Semenov, 1901
Description Phaleria bimaculata can reach a length of . Usually head is dark brown, pronotum is brown, while elytrae are pale brown with two large dark brown spots.Natura Mediterraneo These small beetles show a high degree of inter-population morphological variability.Alan DEIDUN, Federico MARRONE, Ignazio SPARACIO, Marco ARCULEO, Tiziana CURATOLO, Arnold SCIBERRAS, Jeffrey SCIBERRAS, Sabrina LO BRUTTO Morphological variability in and distributional data on Phaleria bimaculata populations from islands of the Central Mediterranean area
Distribution and habitat This species is present in most of Europe.Fauna europaea These darkling beetles live in sandy beaches.
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